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State-linked influence operations are increasingly leveraging generative AI to create sophisticated propaganda, as evidenced by Iranian-backed groups using AI to produce stylized animations of military conflict. This development highlights the risks of AI-enabled information warfare and the lowering barrier to entry for producing persuasive, high-quality disinformation. While primarily focused on geopolitical influence, such capabilities demonstrate the potential for AI to destabilize international security through automated, large-scale deception. These trends bear significant implications for Australian and global democratic resilience against foreign interference in the age of frontier AI.

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